Improvement in washing-machines



4F. BEZNER. Improvement 4in Washing-Machines.

N0. 131,327. Patented Sep. 17, 1872* A 9 n' r(Qi, A. F F F 51 j i I I'LJ IIL@- hir t i?" (I 7' E E E yUNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn FRIEDRICH BZNER, OF DELAVA, ILLINOIS.

IMPRGVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

Specification'forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,327, dated September 17, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH BEZNER, ofDelavan, in the county of Tazewell and in the State of Illinois, have invented aWashing- Machine; and do hereby declare that the foll lowing is a full, clear, and exact description v the side, the side piece removed Fig. 2, end

elevation, with end piece removed to give full view, Fig.v3, a plan.

This invention consists of a wash-board,

composed of strips of tin or other non-corrosi ble substance, a, fastened transversely on" a web, a', which runs over rollers D1 D2, one .of which is placed near either end of the washbox A B C, and rotated by a wheel on the end of one of the rollers, D2. On this endless wash-board a a1, so to speak, rest several rubbing-blocks, E E E E, whose under surfaces are corrugated, and are propelled back and forth on the clothes, which lie upon the washboard a a', lengthwise of the wash-box A B G, by rods h h h h, severally attached to the crank J, which is revolved by a pinion, I, which engages with a spur-wheel, H, on the end of the nearest roller, D2; which crank also gives a similar motion--back and forth-to a foot-bar, G, and foot f, which also rests upon the clothing to be washed and the board a, a', and presses the former under the rubbing-blocks E E E E. A A are the ends of the wash-box, which are square, C C being the sides, and B the bottom. D1 D2 are two rollers, which carry an endless web, a', whose surface is entirely covered by transverse strips of ttm, a, corrugated lengthwise, similar to and intended to act like the corrugations of the common hand wash-board. In front of and on a level with the so called wash-board a' ais ahorizontal feeding-platform, d, extending to the roller D2. E E E E are four oscillating rubbingblocks, each having a curved lower surface, thicker in the middle and tapering toward the ends; or an arc of a circle, of which their point of suspension or pin in the arms F may be considered the center. Each block E has a stem, g, pivoted loosely in a pin in the arms F F, Ste., which latter extend horizontally from a common transverse horizontal rod or pivot, n, to the rear of the box A B C, and a rod, h h h h, extends from each stem g g g g to a transverse crank, J, pivotedin the upper and forward end of said box. At the outer end of said crank is affixed a pinion, I, which engages with the motive spur-wheel H, which is provided with a handle, ,2, both wheels being on the exterior of the box. To this crank J is also attached a presser-foot, G, which extends obliquely forward and downward, and terminates in a foot, f, which rests upon the clothes and the wash board a a immediately under the ont of the rubbing blocks E E. Under the ends ofthe arms F F is a crank -like rod, K, pivoted in either side of the box, which terminates, near the wheel H, in an arm, t', from which a rod, k, extends below the axle of said wheel, and terminates in an elbow, y, which,

at each revolution of the wheel H, is depressed by a pin, l, on the nave or hub of said wheel, or a crank, so as to lift the rubbing-blocks E E E E at intervals.

The operation of this washing-machine is as follows: The usual hot water and soap being introduced, and the handle z turned from left to right, or as the hands of a watch rotate, the wheel H on the end of the axle of roller D2 causes the latter to pass the endless web a and its attached strips a a a backward under the rubbing-blocks E E E E at the same time that the clothes are passed along the feedingplatform d under thefoot f,which pushes them forward under the rubbers E E. In the meantime the wheel H rotates the pinion I on the end of the crank J, giving simultaneous motion to the attached foot f, just mentioned, and the rubbing-blocks E; the latter by means of the rods h h h h attached to the stems g g g g ofthe former, thus pushing the former back and forth over the clothes, well rubbing them by means of their before-mentioned corrugated lower surfaces upon the progressive endless wash-board a a', said rubbers E E being weighted downward for this purpose by their respective arms F F F F. At the same time, also, the wheel H, at every revolution, depresses the rod k and the elbow y attached to the arm i of the crank-shaped rod K, which, by its horizontal bent portion, on which all of the arms F F rest, raises the latter at each revolution to facilitate the passage of the clothes under 2 renee? the rubbers E Ein case the clothes should 3. The combination of the arms F F F F, happen to collect at one spot in a mass or crank or lifter K, its arm v3, rod 7s connect lump. ed WithWheel H, the Wheel H, pinion I, crank What I claim as my invention is J, rods ,h hh h united to the stems g g g g, subl. The upright lever G and its aotnatingstantially as described.

' crank J in combinationwith the endless Wash- In testimony that I claim the foregoing board a a', rollers D1 D2, and Wheel H, snb- Washing-machine I have hereunto set my hand stantially as described. v this 16th day of February, 1872.

2. The combination of the box A B C, end- FRIEDRICH BEZNER. lessV Wash-board c a', the rubbingblocks E E Witnesses: E E, stems g g g g, arms F F F F, pvot-rodez, HENRY W. WELLS,

substantially as described. JOHN BRADON. 

